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,,.-;*$&@# . . . . . . . . #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## - - - - - - - - - - - ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& just off the coast to the baltic sea &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ there's a freshwater pond, secluded $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the @&$*;-.,,,
,,.-;*$&@# surrounding plains, a ninety degree #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## drop down, down, to the midnight-black ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# water. #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& ----********---- &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ --** **-- $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& -----** fairies live here. **----- &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ --** **-- @&$*;-.,,,
,,.-;*$&@# ----********---- #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# they speak to the sloane, caress it, #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& longer and sharper thorns. they tell it &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ to stay just below the grass, so that $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& the animals what come to drink the &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ water cannot see it before it draws @&$*;-.,,,
,,.-;*$&@# their blood. closer to the pond, the #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## sloane can grow taller, being able to ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# hide also in the juniper. #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& the fairies will beckon the animals to &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ push forward, tell them that they're $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& almost at the water, that they may &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ drink soon. and they will tug on the @&$*;-.,,,
,,.-;*$&@# sloane to make sure that the thorns cut #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## deep. when they finally find the path ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# down between the rocks, away from the #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ bushwork and into the cleft, they are @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& bleeding from a thousand wounds. as &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ they drink from the dark water, it is $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& in turn drinking the animals blood. &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ @&$*;-.,,,
,,.-;*$&@# the circle is complete, the contract #@&$*;-.,,
,.-;*$&@## carried out; the animal is abandoned to ##@&$*;-.,
,,.-;*$&@# find its own way back. the bushes roots #@&$*;-.,,
,,,.-;*$&@ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies @&$*;-.,,,
,,,,.-;*$& dance in the sunbeams. &$*;-.,,,,
,,,,,.-;*$ $*;-.,,,,,
,,,,.-;*$& ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; &$*;-.,,,,
,,,.-;*$&@ - - - - - - - - - - - @&$*;-.,,,
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